Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 11 Jan 2004 15:31:04 -0800 | From | Matthew Dharm <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: USB hangs |
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On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 03:25:06PM -0800, David Brownell wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > >On Sul, 2004-01-11 at 00:23, Matthew Dharm wrote: > > > >>Where is USB kmalloc'ing with GFP_KERNEL? I thought we tracked all those > >>down and eliminated them. > > > > > >Not sure. I just worked from tracebacks. I needed it to work rather > >than having the time to go hunting for specific faults. Plus I'd > >argue PF_MEMALLOC is a better solution anyway. > > It certainly seems like a more comprehensive fix for that > particular class of problems! :)
Is it really more comprehensive? As I see it, it will only affect code executed in the context of the usb-storage thread. But, what about code which is invoked in tasklets or other contexts?
Matt
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I'm just trying to think of a way to say "up yours" without getting fired. -- Stef User Friendly, 10/8/1998 [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |